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Research on the Coupling and Coordination between Regional New Quality Productive Forces and High-Quality Economic Development in China under the Background of "Double Carbon"

Author(s)

Xuanxuan Xu1,2, Baiyi Li1,*, Quanqing Zhang1, Yan Wang1, Mengqiu Lu1

Affiliation(s)

1Business School, Wuhan Huaxia Institute of Technology, Wuhan, China 2School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Abstract

Based on panel data from 30 provincial-level administrative regions in China spanning the years 2010 to 2023, this paper develops an evaluation index system for assessing new quality productive forces and high-quality economic development. The entropy-based method is adopted to quantify the development levels of new-quality productive forces and high-quality economic development, and further assess the degree of their coupling coordination. Empirical findings reveal that both the development levels of assessing new quality productive forces and high-quality economic development have generally exhibited a steady upward trajectory, with their spatial distribution presenting a distinct "east-high, west-low" pattern characterized by regional disparity. The coupling coordination levels between new-quality productive forces and high-quality economic development across eastern, central, and western regions exhibit a stepped distribution pattern, decreasing progressively from east to west. To address these regional disparities in coupling coordination, differentiated strategies are imperative: Eastern provinces should prioritize enhancing scientific and technological innovation capacity and advancing industrial upgrading to lead the frontiers of assessing new quality productive forces development; central and western provinces, in turn, should focus on fostering niche industries aligned with local resource endowments, upgrading innovation infrastructure, and optimizing factor allocation mechanisms and policy environments. By implementing differentiated guidance to promote regional coordinated development and harnessing the radiating effects of more developed areas, this study offers actionable insights to facilitate the integrated advancement of new-quality productive forces and high-quality economic development nationwide.

Keywords

New Quality Productive Forces (NQPF); High-Quality Economic Development (HQED); Coupling and Coordination

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